My ideal week would include 3 swims, 4 runs and 3 bikes. For the past couple of weeks I've only been able to manage two workouts per sport per week, but I still feel like I am in a good place with my training. Here are some of my thoughts on each area.
Swimming:
- I've developed a love/hate relationship with swimming.
- I thought I was getting kind of ok at swimming, but no, I still pretty much suck!
- I was convinced the Lame Duck tri swim distance was 400 yards, but no, it is 1000 yards!
- The good news is that my swim workouts are no shorter than 1000 yards. They range from 1000-2000 yards.
- I think I will be able to do 1000 yards of the crawl comfortably by early August...just in time for Lame Duck!
- I've developed a love/hate relationship with biking.
- But I love it more than I hate it.
- Chad got me some great cycling gear for our 4 year wedding anniversary - gloves, 2nd water bottle holder, and a Yakima trunk mounted bike rack.
- I went on my first 20+ ride last night - 25.25 miles in about 2 hours.
- This was my first ride in my new Pearl Izumi gloves, and I later realized I had them on backwards.
- Biking fatigues my legs unlike any thing else - I think it is the very hilly terrain of Jessamine County that gets me.
- The country roads, creeks and rivers of Jessamine County are absolutely beautiful.
- I've seen more of the county on my bike in the past 4 weeks than I have by car in the three years we have lived here.
- I still have not gotten a brick workout in yet, but I'm hoping this Sunday will be the day!
- Oh running, my original friend, you are not so easy to do after a week of biking and swimming.
- I think my body and legs are still trying to adapt to three different muscle groups being worked each week.
- I've realized that I need to put just as much effort into running as I do with biking and swimming.
- I don't want to put off run workouts because I think to myself "oh, it's just 3 miles." I need to do the short runs, and I need to work on increasing my speed.
- I am going to do a 5k with my father-in-law this Saturday morning - the Jessamine County "Skelter for the New Shelter 5k." This is a great local race that benefits the Humane Society. Last year I took 1st place in my AG with a time of 25:49. I'm really hoping to go sub 25 this weekend, but I will be ok with anything in the 25-27 range.
2 comments:
LOL, awesome post. I agree with you on everything, especially the love/hate thing with swimming and biking. You're doing a great (GREAT) job- 2x a week for each thing is perfect.
My sprint tri is also longer than expected @ 800 yards. Boo!
Something I've been working on is forcing myself to enjoy the biking and not letting myself get stressed out. I'm pretty even-keeled when running but I'm all over the place on the bike. Make yourself focus and have fun, you truly are doing a good job!!
I posted a picture of the lifting shoes, unfortunately they are not Pee-Wee inspired. Although I have seen some that are!
Also I have been meaning to ask this for some time..why am I not on your "Must Read Blogs" list???
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